Forskningsprojekt The evolutionary link between brain morphology variation and behaviour

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Min grupp studerar hur utvecklingen av hjärnan och beteendet är sammanlänkade. Projektet arbetar brett, från laboratorieexperiment på intraspecifik variation till storskaliga fylogenetiska jämförande analyser på tusentals arter av ryggradsdjur.

Projektmedlemmar

Projektansvariga

Niclas Kolm

Professor

Zoologiska institutionen

08-16 40 50

niclas.kolm@zoologi.su.se

Medlemmar

Mirjam Amcoff

Forskningsanalytiker

Zoologiska institutionen

08-16 40 37

mirjam.amcoff@zoologi.su.se

Michael Bertram

Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, SLU

Natasha Bloch

La Universidad de los Andes

Tomas Brodin

Professor

Institutionen för vilt, fisk och miljö, SLU

Annika Boussard

Zoologiska institutionen

annika.boussard@zoologi.su.se

Judith Mank

Professor

The University of British Columbia

Publikationer

2021

Fong S, Rogell B, Amcoff M, Kotrschal A, van der Bijl W, Buechel SD, Kolm N. Rapid mosaic brain evolution under artificial selection for relative telencephalon size in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Science Advances 7 (46).

2020

Kotrschal A, Szorkovszky A, Herbert Read J, Bloch NI, Romenskyy M, Buechel SD, Fontrodona A, Sanchez L, Zeng H, LeFoll A, Braux G, Pelckmans K, Mank JE, Sumpter DJT, Kolm N. Rapid evolution of coordinated and collective movement in response to artificial selection. Science Advances 6 (49).

2019

Tsuboi M, van der Bijl W, Kopperud BT, Erritzøe J, Voje KL, Kotrschal A, Yopak KE, Collin SC, Iwaniuk A, Kolm N. Reply to: Comparisons of static brain–body allometries across vertebrates must distinguish between indeterminate and determinate growth. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 10: 1405-1406.

2019

Wright AE, Darolti I, Bloch NI, Oostra V, Sandkam BA, Buechel SD, Kolm N, Breden F, Vicoso B, Mank JE. On the power to detect rare recombination events. PNAS. 116: 12607-12608.

2018

Bloch NI, Corral-López A, Buechel SE, Kotrschal A, Kolm N, Mank JE. Early neurogenomic response associated with variation in guppy female mate preference. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 11: 1772-1781.

2018

Tsuboi M, van der Bijl W, Kopperud BT, Erritzøe J, Voje KL, Kotrschal A, Yopak KE, Collin SP, Iwaniuk AN, Kolm N. Breakdown of brain-body allometry and the encephalization of birds and mammals. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2: 1492-1500.

2018

Wright AE, Fumagalli M, Cooney CR, Bloch NI, Vieira FG, Buechel SD, Kolm N, Mank JE.. Male‐biased gene expression resolves sexual conflict through the evolution of sex‐specific genetic architecture. Evolution letters. 2: 52-61.

2017

Corral-López A, Bloch NI, Kotrschal A, van der Bijl W, Buechel SD, Mank JE, Kolm N. Female brain size affects the assessment of male attractiveness during mate choice. Science Advances. 3: e1601990.

2017

Wright AE, Darolti I, Bloch NI, Oostra V, Sandkam B, Buechel SD, Kolm N, Breden F, Vicoso B, Mank JE. Convergent recombination suppression suggests role of sexual selection in guppy sex chromosome formation. Nature communications. 8: 1-10.

2015

Kotrschal A, Büchel S, Zala S, Corral-Lopez A, Penn D, Kolm N. Brain size affects female but not male survival under predation threat. Ecology Letters, 18: 646-652.

2013

Kotrschal A, Rogell B, Bundsen A, Svensson B, Zajitschek S, Brännström I, Immler S, Maklakov AA, Kolm N. Artificial selection on relative brain size in the guppy reveals costs and benefits of evolving a larger brain. Current Biology, 23,1-4.